Contractor in US Navy bribery case escapes house arrest in California

SAN DIEGO, California: A Malaysian businessman involved in a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal has escaped house arrest by cutting off his monitoring anklet, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Citing the U.S. Marshal's office, the newspaper reported that ahead of his impending sentencing, Leonard Glenn Francis, popularly known as "Fat Leonard," cut off his GPS anklet, adding that when police went to his hom